1.

Compute the following derivatives:

(a) f (x) where f (x) = x3 ex

(b) f (7) (x), the seventh derivative of f , where f (x) = sin(2x)

2. (a) Find the tangent line to y = 3x2 5x + 2 at x = 2. Express your answer in

the form y = mx + b with slope m and y-intercept b.

(b) Show that the curve dened implicitly by the equation

xy 3 + x3 y = 4

has no horizontal tangent.

d
3. (a) Use the DEFINITION of the derivative to compute
dx

x
.
x+1

(b) Compute the following limit:

tan1 (x) /3

3
x 3

lim

where as usual tan1 (x) denotes the inverse tangent function.

4. Sketch the graph of the function

y=

x2

x
.
+1

Be sure to identify in writing all local maxs and mins, regions where the function is
increasing/decreasing, points of inection, symmetries, and vertical or horizontal
asymptotes (if any of these behaviors occur).

5. A poster is to be designed with 50 in2 of printed type, 4 inch margins on both the
top and the bottom, and 2 inch margins on each side. Find the dimensions of the
poster which minimize the amount of paper used. (Be sure to indicate why the
answer you found is a minimum.)

6. A highway patrol plane is ying 1 mile above a long, straight road, with constant
ground speed of 120 m.p.h. Using radar, the pilot detects a car whose distance
from the plane is 1.5 miles and decreasing at a rate of 136 m.p.h. How fast is the
car traveling
along the highway? (Hint: You may give an exact answer, or use the
fact that 5 2.2.)

7. Evaluate the following limits:

(a)
lim

2i
1+
n

i=1

2
n

(b)
1
lim
h0 h

2+h

sin(x2 ) dx

8. Compute the following denite integrals:

(a)

/4

tan x sec2 x dx

(b)

x ln x dx
1

9. Calculate the following indenite integral:

x2 dx

9 x2

10. The disk bounded by the circle x2 + y 2 = a2 is revolved about the y-axis to
make a sphere. Then a hole of diameter a is bored through the sphere along the
y-axis (from north to south pole, like a cored apple). Find the volume of the
resulting cored sphere. (Hint: Draw a picture of the two-dimensional region to
be revolved, and label parts of your picture to help set up the integration.)

11. The following integral has no elementary antiderivative:

5 x
e
dx
1 x
Use the trapezoid rule with two trapezoids and the following table of values (ac
curate to one decimal place) to estimate this denite integral.
x
e /x
x

1
2
3
4
5
2.7 3.7 6.7 13.6 29.7

(Hint: It may help to draw a very rough picture of the area under the curve you
are computing, divided into two trapezoids.)

12. The rate of radioactive decay of a mass of Radium-226 (call it dm/dt) is propor
tional to the amount m of Radium present at time t. Suppose we begin with 100
milligrams of Radium at time t = 0.
(a) Given that the half life of Radium-226 is roughly 1600 years (half life is the
time it takes for the mass to decay by half), nd a formula for the mass of
Radium that remains after t years by solving a dierential equation.

(b) Find the amount of Radium remaining after 1000 years. Simplify your answer
using the fact that 210/16 .65

13. Cornus spiral is dened by the parametric equations

t
x = C(t) =
cos(u2 /2)du
0 t
y = S(t) =
sin(u2 /2)du
0

That is, the parametric equations are given by Fresnel functions we met earlier in
the semester.
Find the arc length of the spiral from t = 0 to a xed time t = t0 .

14. (a) Find the Taylor series of ln(1 + x) centered at a = 0.

(b) Determine the radius of convergence of this Taylor series.

(c) Use the rst two non-zero terms of the power series you found in (a) to
approximate ln 3/2.

(d) Give an upper bound on the error in your approximation in (c) using Taylors
inequality.

15. (BONUS Only attempt this problem if you are nished with the exam and have
time to spare.)
Prove or disprove the following statement:
x
< tan1 (x) < x
1 + x2

for all x > 0.

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